Hey guys, after waiting and doing some digging I decided to upgrade to 11C (as it doesn't affect the ability to BUMP and get TWRP, and I kept my 10B root through the update). I had modified some files and couldn't update directly, so I did the following steps:
1. Flashed to stock firmware using LG's flash tool
2. Rooted (again) using StumpRoot
3. Accepted update
Here's my issue. While 11C seems to be great on performance and battery life, I'm having quite noticibly slower speeds over 4G. Not isolated to in buildings/out of buildings/etc. Speeds are definitely slower, and though it may be me simply noticing it due to monitoring speeds, it seems like the signal levels are slower to change. Speeds are also still slow even when having 5 bars, so though signal may be weaker, that's not the source of the speed problems.
Speeds over Wifi are normal.
I'm gonna assume that all I'll have to do is factory reset, but I wanted to make a post quick to see if anybody else had the problem and if anybody had a quicker solution.
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Forgive me if this is an ignorant question, but I'm wondering if the radio you have flashed can have a noticeable impact on the phones performance. I have not changed my kernel settings, but felt a bit more lag when using one radio over another. I was under the impression that the radio simply dealt with phone reception and had nothing to do with performance. Is this all in my head, or can it play a part? Thanks
Yeah, it's just dealing with the phone signal, no effect on performance. Are you completely stock?
Im actually running BAMF 1.8.6. I flashed the newest mr2 radio from the team BAMF site and found that I was having issues getting a gps lock (tried multiple times and locations). Read on a forum post that another user was having the same issue. He found that flashing the same radio off of xda solved his problem (baseband numbers were identical). I tried this and found that I was able to get gps lock instantly, but that my phone felt sluggish and would get hot (109 Fahrenheit) even when my data connection was turned off. I went back and flashed a slightly older leaked mr2 radio. Seems to have solved my problem of overheating as well as the sluggishness. Just kinda confused me because like I said I didn't make any changes to my kernel during all of this and was just using the phone in a day to day context. I thought that maybe if the second radio was struggling with maintaining a signal that could account for the heat and sluggishness, but all 3 radios have had good reception so I can't figure it out. Either way problem solved.
Sorry if this has already been addressed, but I noticed that I'm getting rediculously slow download speeds.
0.06Mbps down, 1.5Mbps up
I have 100% signal, on a Linksys WRT 310N router. Currently set up using WPA2 - Personal, AES.
I'm going to boot over to WebOS and run the same speed test, then depending on results of that test probably wipe and reflash.
Also - using Alpha 2.1
If this has been addressed before then please leave a link and I'll request a mod delete this post. I did do a couple searches on this forum, I hit the Cyan Wiki, and even checked over at Precentral(where I found lots of WebOS tweaks, but unsurprisingly little information on the android build )
EDIT: Just booted into WebOS and ran the same speed test (speakeasy.net/speedtest) and after running it about 10 times the highest download speed I was able to obtain was 1.4Mbps, with the average at 0.7Mbps. A little better then the Android counterpart, but still REALLY slow. Same test from my computer/iPad/cell phone yields 18.5-26Mbps, so I know the router and interenet are running reasonably fast.
I do have the Unthrottle patch installed from Preware.
If anyone has any ideas I would truly appreciate it. I'm going to go ahead and do an uninstall and full wipe of the devices, right down to doctoring webOS.
I hope the reset fixes it. I do not experience this issue on webOS 3.0.4. I also have the unthrottle patch.
Doctoring and reinstalling has fixed whatever was messed up. Perhaps I installed a bad patch or something, but in any event the issues resolved. average 20Mbps up and 3 down.
congratulations! i'll keep this in mind if i ever run into any similar problems! Thanks for posting back.
I have the same problem, did you have to install CM7 again after doctoring? I'm new to this.
Hey everyone. I'm a recent Fascinate convert coming from a Droid X and CM7.
I've got CM7 on my Fascinate and am using the Glitchv13 kernel. Absolutely love the performance and battery life, however my modem/baseband seems to be a bit sketchy at times.
I'm wondering what your opinions are on the best modem for the Fascinate at this time. I'm currently using the EH03 modem.
I need reliable phone, text and data connectivity. I don't care so much about speed so much as I just need my data connection to stay up as much as possible. I've had several data dropouts on the EH03 modem already, some fix themselves while other require the airplane mode toggle or a reboot in the extreme cases.
Thanks!
I have not had any such issues with EH03... It has been rock solid.
Each person can have different results with a different modem. But as for me, I have to say EH03 has been more stable than all the others I have tried.
ec09 is the most stable withthe least amount of 1x switching. The problem is no matter what modem you have, on mtd based roms data dropping is a known issue in low signal areas. Luckily for me it was never a issue, other than having to toggle airplane mode occasionally.
Thanks for the replies, everyone.
I ended up rolling back to EC09. It seems to be more stable for me (data being solid for almost a full day now where it was dropping every few hours before).
I'm generally not in low signal areas and just about never use Wi-Fi. We have 3G everywhere so I'm not sure why I was having such awful luck with EH03.
Hopefully it keeps running smoothly. *knock on wood*
ec09 has been the most stable for me. consistent speeds and stability.
eh03 gave me lower ping times but the speed was to slow.
ed05 seems to be all over the place.
I've never switched from EC01 since it dropped (yes, before original official Froyo).
Never got caught in the missed calls stuff or anything.
I had missed calls every day with every radio I flashed until EH03. On my phone, in my service area, EH03 has been the most reliable by far!
Yeah for me its EH03 but its also the slowest of the three, but it's easily the most reliable too so I stick with it
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
In my expierences, Miui does not have any data drop out issues. It only seems to happen in CM7 and VGB.
I went back a few pages and didn't see any specific topics on this. I've got a C1 prime and have had no issues with it until .15. Ever since I loaded the .15 update the Wifi speed had been atrocious. Is anyone else experiencing this or know of a fix? Is there a way I can roll my prime back to the previous build?
Yes. I had .11 since 2 days ago. Wifi Speed wasnt that good but better then in .15 and the reception of the Wifi was better in .11 then in .15
since i have .15 i cant receive Wifi in one of my rooms where i get reception with .11
So .15 didnt make Wifi better for me but worse.
went from bad to worst for me too
My wifi connection seems about the same as with any previous firmwares. But i'm looking forward to an update anyway... Hope they update the apps and overall stability (browser, task manager)^^
I haven't noticed any reception changes myself but my house isn't that large. Same rooms & same activities as before .15. I don't have before and after speed tests, but I have relatively small files I regularly pull off my local network (< 100MB) that would normally take seconds to acquire are now taking several minutes. Page loads are exceptionally slow and forget about watching anything on Youtube now.
I know my local network is fine. All of the other devices on my network (wired and wireless) are all performing normally.
Is there a way to see what was actually changed in .15. I'm hoping it's a config change(i.e. build.prop) that got altered that we can just set back to the .14 settings?
Same thing for me. WiFi was never perfect, but it's actually gotten slower with this last update.
I documented this is the 1.5 thread, but wifi speeds went up 18x with .15.
I was getting 1 meg down prior, but with .15 I was able to maxe out my home bandwidth at 18 megs.
I was pretty amazed.
For me the reception is much worse than before. The speeds are as bad as before !
I cant get over 30mbit even i have a 100mbit connection and router but i think thats router setting.
Is there a way to just flash a wifi an older wifi version?
zombrex said:
For me the reception is much worse than before. The speeds are as bad as before !
I cant get over 30mbit even i have a 100mbit connection and router but i think thats router setting.
Is there a way to just flash a wifi an older wifi version?
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Lol, you're getting 30mbit? Thats great!
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Lol, you're getting 30mbit? Thats great!
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LoL well only when im next to the Router :// Yea its not bad but sitting next to router i can use the PC^^
when i go to my sleeping room which is around 10 feet away i get only around 3Mbit and that Sux. With .11 it was better.
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I went back a few pages and didn't see any specific topics on this. I've got a C1 prime and have had no issues with it until .15. Ever since I loaded the .15 update the Wifi speed had been atrocious. Is anyone else experiencing this or know of a fix? Is there a way I can roll my prime back to the previous build?
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yes. my wifi is much worst. Thought it was just me. With .15 I can"t watch Youtube without constant buffering and I can hardy pickup my wifi at work. Previously, wifi was fine. I have the first models received in Dec. BCOKAS
Im not 20ft away from the router ( i can see it lol) and i'm getting one or two bars of wifi signal. 15mbps 20 ft away, 30mbps 3 feet away.
My ipod gets better reception, and it too has a metal back. I feel raped.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk
Same here, .15 fixed the battery issues, but the BT and wifi really bad now!
I bt tether to razr phone and it's useless now. The wifi will not work with bt stereo device connected, which is one if the original ICS issues ... DOH ... boomerang bugs
I was sooo happy when the .15 update smoothed out so many issues, now I'm truly frustrated, you cannot screw with wifi on a non-wwan device. Now I have a $500 digital camera without zoom
I heard rumors of a hardware solution in the works, I hope so...
So roll it back then.
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I went back a few pages and didn't see any specific topics on this. I've got a C1 prime and have had no issues with it until .15. Ever since I loaded the .15 update the Wifi speed had been atrocious. Is anyone else experiencing this or know of a fix? Is there a way I can roll my prime back to the previous build?
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Guys - if .15 is that bad - roll back to .14 or whatever version gave your Prime the best overall performance. - I realize this is not an option for everyone, particularly those who had to overcome rebooting issues, but until ASUS decides to inculde a changelog, fixlist or ANY DOCUMENTATION AT ALL WITH THESE UPDATES - its the best we can do.
I know there is always variance in the field, but the differences between MOST customer units with Primes has just been awful - One guy get a fix, 3 guys get a new bug. GPS gets better, no wait, now its worse, - like the earlier post said: Boomerang BUGS!!!
At first I was impressed with Asus rushing out these updates. Until I realized that thats exactly what they are doing... RUSHING out updates without enough testing. .15 was tested, as far as I can tell from the thread, by XDA users for under 1 week, and ASUS pushed it to everyone.
That was when I pulled the reigns... ENOUGH! - I had a slew of issues with .15, the ONLY update that caused me ANY issues. Every other update had been fine. .15 had me witnessing screen static, bouncing bottom bar, and my best GPS to date that I had on .14was GONE with .15 - Not a single satellite view even outdoors, whereas I had 13 locks one day on .14 after someone commented how good their GPS was. Of course I couldn't maintain a lock, but it was the best to that point.
Anyway, if things have gone downhill or backwards after an update, use this method to roll back. ****, I don't even root since there is no driving need for it at this point, and I am NOT unlocking my remaining 10 months of warranty. I rooted to roll back, then let the root get lost on the flash to .14 - I am happy again. I just wish I knew how to blow away the .15 that's sitting in my notifications, waiting for me to accidentally hit it ,LOL
Roll back:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492887
Just got my new Redmi Note 3 Pro (kenzo) last week. Decided to jump onto a custom ROM after using MIUI for a few days. Here's what I've done:
1. Official bootloader unlocked
2. Installed alka TWRP
3. Wipe all partitions
4. Installed CM13 Radios.zip , then installed official CM13 ROM + OpenGapps + SuperSU
Booted into the ROM fine, used it for a few days and everything works well (including fingerprint). Problem is, I keep getting orange/yellow/red signal bars under battery stats. It's not constantly either. If I leave the phone at the same spot, the signal fluctuates between orange and light green constantly. The entire cellular network signal under my battery graph looks like a traffic light.
I'm not using LTE, just standard 3G. I get about -85db to ~91db, which is high. At the same spot on a different phone (also on 3G), I get about -75db (the lower the better). The thing is, on my kenzo, the signal bar is usually full or almost full, so I don't understand why the signal is so bad. So I thought, maybe I just need to flash another radio/modem. I then took the official MIUI 7.x ROM and flashed the NON-HLOS.bin via fastboot, but the result is still the same.
I've tested a different ROM as well, but same result. I don't seem to have any issues with call qualities and battery seems to be OK and unaffected by this. Not sure if it's a bug (unlikely, as I've tested both a CM and AOSP ROM), or perhaps an issue with the modem/radios or more likely a hardware fault with my phone? Someone else reported this issue as well, but apparently it works fine for them on ZephyrOS or something (I haven't tested this).
I must also point out that while I was on stock MIUI, I don't see any bad signals on my phone. It's always green.
Anyone?
Hi, I'm the one who posted it works on Zephyr. But it doesn't, actually. I solved this problem by putting it on airplane mode, waiting ~10secs and the problem stops(mostly, if it didn't, try again). You can check in *#*#4636#*#*, it doesn't drop to -113dBm. I thought it might not drain battery but I'm on ressurection remixed and there's a phone idle drain of about 131mAh.
Hi mate, thanks for your reply.
I've noticed that as well, tried putting it in airplane mode and then back to normal mode, the signal seems to be a lot more stable. My phone has never went to -113dBm though, just averaging high -80dbm ~ -95dbm. I've noticed that if you hold the phone with your left hand, the signal is much better. I think this may be similar to iPhone 4's signalgate issue, where the modem chip/band is sitting at a bad spot that is blocked depending on how you hold the phone. Disappointing to be honest.....but anyway, signal seems to be stable so far on the leaked 5.1 Qualcomm AOSP ROM. Same thing on MIUI.
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BTW, it's not just the phone signal, even GPS is affected as well. When I'm inside buildings, I can't get any GPS signal at all using Device Only. If I select High Accuracy (which uses GPS and WiFi for fetching signals), I can then lock on a signal. In other words, the Device Only option (which solely relies on GPS itself) will fail when I'm inside buildings. This tells me that the chip for fetching phone and GPS signals is either crap, or that Xiaomi has packaged them in a bad layout design or position within the phone. It doesn't matter what ROM I try, the result is the same. Even using apps like FasterGPS (which downloads the gps.conf file for your country) doesn't help.
However, it's not really a big deal. I can get a lock on the GPS signal inside buildings if I use High Accuracy. Once a signal is locked, I can then switch back to Device Only and GPS will continue to work. Also, when I'm outside of the building, I can get a fast lock on using Device Only straight away, so it's not really a problem. It's just that compared to my Galaxy S5 (a 2 year old phone), the Redmi Note 3 doesn't seem much better. I know it's a budget phone, but the specs of the phone should be a lot better than my 2 year old S5.
One last thing I should point out is that the building I'm in isn't a big building with multiple floors. It's actually a small house and I get about -75dbm for my phone signal. So it's not like I'm in a bad spot with no reception. GPS just doesn't work well when you're inside a house/building on this phone.